MANLY in a Sentence

Learn MANLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

74 example sentences for MANLY, such as:

1. I admit that manly sports do not.
2. They stuck to their task manfully.
3. The boy walked with a manly stride.
4. A man has to be manly, said Oblonsky, opening the door.
5. His face was clever and manly, but his dress was dandified and in bad taste.

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 Meanings and Examples of MANLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
manly
 a.  possessing qualities befitting a man
 ad.  in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man
Classic Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
1  His manly beauty and more than common gracefulness were instantly the theme of general admiration, and the laugh which his gallantry raised against Marianne received particular spirit from his exterior attractions.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
2  His name was good, his residence was in their favourite village, and she soon found out that of all manly dresses a shooting-jacket was the most becoming.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
3  Our eyes met, and all the "Sir" melted out of that manly heart as he gave me his hand.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVII
4  But I could not submit to be thrown off in that way, and I made a passionate, almost an indignant appeal, to him to be more frank and manly with me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LI
5  I got away from Agnes and her father, somehow, with an indifferent show of being very manly, and took my seat upon the box of the London coach.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
6  He was in his working-dress, and looked rugged enough, but manly withal, and a very fit protector for the blooming little creature at his side.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
7  I pressed his manly hand again, and told him I would charge myself to do this as well as I could.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 51. THE BEGINNING OF A LONGER JOURNEY
8  And it was so strange to see this sensible, manly face in such a childish plight, that Oblonsky left off looking at him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 5
9  She vividly recalled his manly, resolute face, his noble self-possession, and the good nature conspicuous in everything towards everyone.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 15
10  Vronsky looked round angrily, but his face lighted up immediately with his characteristic expression of genial and manly serenity.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 19
11  I admit that manly sports do not.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 28
12  His face was clever and manly, but his dress was dandified and in bad taste.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 5
13  He, so manly a man, never opposed her, had indeed, with her, no will of his own, and was anxious, it seemed, for nothing but to anticipate her wishes.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 8
14  But now, coming all at once upon that manly, noble face, so familiar and so dear to her, she felt a sudden rush of love for him.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 31
15  A man has to be manly, said Oblonsky, opening the door.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 11
Example Sentence:
1  The boy walked with a manly stride.
2  A big problem during the preparation of the world's largest helium balloon has forced the manned balloon altitude record attempt to be stopped.
3  They stuck to their task manfully.
4  Monks are rattled: the one manning Guanyin's donation box fears such undisguised moneymaking would turn their shrine into a temple run by CEO abbot.
5  A dozen students loiter on a wall waiting to relieve staff from the trauma at the Ebola hotline they are manning.